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DigiGait

DigiGait is now the most widely published ventral plane videography instrumentation available for gait analysis in laboratory animals. Voluntary and treadmill walking, DigiGait performs gait analysis of mice and rats over a range of walking and running speeds.

ECGenie

The ECGenie is a rapid non-invasive solution for recording electrocardiograms in conscious mice, rats, and guinea pigs. Applications include arrhythmia detection, health monitoring, and drug screening in fragile transgenic and knockout animals, including pups.

Challenge multiple muscle systems in your mice by having them pull a weightedsledwhile walking or running. As in human life, problems with strength and mobility may not occur until muscles, bones, and joints are challenged. Thesledkit empowers the researcher to have the animals pull up to ~300% of their body weight to identify early and subtle phenotypes. The “harness” is a natural paper sleeve, that adheres via an herbal glue for temporary hold on the base of the subject’s tail [the mice will usually remove the harness after several hours, and consider it cage enrichment!]. Kit includessled, weight set, and 10 disposable harnesses.

Say goodbye to alligator clip or needle electrode “Ow!”
MSI’s ECGenie technology, designed for ECG in awake mice, can of course be tailored to monitor your animals during procedures. Our surgical leads and conductive putty enable monitoring the ECG during anesthesia and surgery. Simply nest a forepaw and a hind paw in our Conductive Putty and insert your electrodes into the putty! Connect the terminal end of the leads into the ECGenie pre-amplifier, and non-invasively monitor the depth of anesthesia and the ECG. 3oz Container

Part number MSI009 Also known as Lead Plates, these reusable/disposable electrodes mate with your ECGenie to enable you to non-invasively record the ECG in your awake rats and guinea pigs. Each packet contains a trio of tiles that mate with the large data capture platform. The trio can be re-used ~5 times, depending on animal behavior and your protocol. Shelf life ~18 months.
Each box contains 15 trios of footplate electrodes.

Part number MSI001A. Also known as Lead Plates, these reusable/disposable electrodes mate with your ECGenie to enable you to non-invasively record the ECG in your awake mice. Each lead plate can be re-used ~5 times, depending on animal behavior and your protocol. Shelf life ~18 months.
Each box contains 24 lead plates.

Record the electrocardiogram in conscious hamsters!
MSI product number (MSI-011) The hamster ECGenie enclosure is perfect for acquiring the electrocardiogram in conscious hamsters. This hamster hub is also equipped with MSI’s through the feet technology. Unlike mice and rats that rest quietly on their recording platforms, the hamsters are always keen to climb down, so we developed this roomy comfortable enclosure for them to visit while their ECG is registered.

Record the electrocardiogram in your neonatal mice!
There is a growing awareness that the cardiovascular system is implicated in a wide range of inflammatory and neurological conditions. Many fragile genetically modified mice die at a very young age inexplicably.
LifeSpoon™ provides researchers the opportunity to non-invasively monitor the electrocardiogram in newborn laboratory animals from day 1 of life. The design of the LifeSpoon includes a heated array of conductive electrodes in a warm cozy “spoon”, thereby minimizing handling of the pups. Applications include arrhythmia detection, health monitoring, and drug screening in fragile neonates and very young transgenic and knockout animals.

Easily record the electrocardiogram in your anesthetized lab animals! MSI-013
Part number MSI-013. Record the electrocardiogram in your anesthetized animal! Though the ECGenie was developed to non-invasively record the ECG in awake lab animals, of course it works great for monitoring the ECG in animals during surgery, and as they recover. This set of flexible probes can be positioned at two points, depending on how you have your subject posed during your procedure. Coupled with MSI’s conductive putty, you will be able to record the ECG in your animals, non-invasively, at baseline, under ansethesia, and as they recover.